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AFC Asian Cup

The AFC Asian Cup is held every four years. The current edition of the AFC Asia Cup is Australia 2015 and will run from January 9-31, 2015. The previous champion from the 2011 competition is Japan. The new champion will be crowned the Asian Football Champion and is automatically entered into the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which is to be hosted by Russia, one year before the Russia World Cup 2018. This year's tournament will involve 16 teams and 32 exciting matches.

Channels licensed to broadcast AFC Asian Cup in United States

Exclusive rights in North America. Coverage includes live games and highlights. In Canada, matches are available online. in the US, video highlights package is available online and matches available on One World Sports Channel.

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This phase also serves as the first round qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. With so much at stake, the competition looks set to capture the imagination of football fans near and far. Many eyes are on India, the highest ranked of the 12 sides as ...

One World Sports has the broadcast rights in the United States to the AFC Asian Cup, AFC Champions League and the New York Cosmos. The network also broadcasts Chelsea TV, Bayern Munich TV and Arsenal TV. This includes match rebroadcasts and ...

There were only two survivors from the 11 that started the last game, the quarterfinal of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in January: captain Makoto Hasebe (the best player on the pitch) and Southampton defender Maya Yoshida. Stars attackers Keisuke Honda, ...

Xi Jinping is also keen on giving face to Chinese soccer fans, who were appalled by the latest dismal results of the national “eleven”, including at January's AFC Asian Cup, where China surprisingly reached the knockout stage, to be defeated in quarter ...

Three-time AFC Cup winners Saudi Arabia and Jordan are building up to the joint FIFA 2018 World Cup/AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifiers which start in June, with West Asian duo learning their opponents on April 14 at the preliminary draw in Kuala Lumpur.

Qatar are building up to the joint FIFA 2018 World Cup/AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifiers which start in June, with the reigning Gulf Cup of Nations champions learning their opponents on April 14 at the preliminary draw in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AFP. Share.

Oman had the final say in the scoring stakes but Ali Al Busaidi's strike with quarter-of-an-hour left to play was a mere consolation for the Gulf Sultanate, who are building up to the joint FIFA 2018 World Cup/AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifiers which start ...

... to Germany, the reigning World champions, this past Wednesday. They even outplayed Germany for large parts of the game, so they are coming to Macedonia with a lot of confidence. Furthermore, they also won the 2015 AFC Asian Cup earlier this year.

Ali Mabkhout of United Arab Emirates poses for pictures with his trophy during the prize distribution ceremony of the AFC Asian Cup football final in Sydney on Jan 31, 2015. The United Arab Emirates were, as expected, named hosts of football's 2019 ...

Malaysian head coach Dollah Salleh admits that his team face a massive challenge to match an Oman side looking to bounce back from a disappointing AFC Asian Cup when the two nations meet in a friendly in Muscat on Thursday night. The Omanis are ...